ImageMagick before 7.1.2-30 contains a time-of-check-time-of-use vulnerability in path policy enforcement on Windows that allows attackers to bypass read or write restrictions by exploiting symlink race conditions. Attackers can swap symlinks between policy validation and file access to read or write policy-denied files.
CVE-2026-86422
CVSS base score
3.3 (v3.1)
Severity
LOW
Attack vector
Local
Weakness
CWE-59
Last modified
October 29, 2026
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
imagemagick imagemagick
References
- github.com Vendor Advisory
- www.vulncheck.com Third Party Advisory